Andycheng

(1982 HO1 )
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NOW @ 9 CAN 15
FOUND @ 4 SCO 39
 
Inclination: 6.765
Eccentricity: 0.176
Period: 3.288 years
AU 2.211
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

28.4.1982 07:36 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1


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Named in honor of Andrew F. Cheng (b. 1951), planetary scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. Cheng served as the project scientist on the NEAR mission to (433) Eros and has made significant contributions to a wide variety of solar-system topics, including the study of magnetospheres and investigations of minor-planet surfaces and geodesy using LIDAR techniques. Name proposed by the discoverer and B. E. Clark, and citation written by J. Veverka.


Discovered on 28-4-1982 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.

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